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 Posted: Thu Apr 11, 2013 10:12 pm
Rogue listened as Alexz made her way to the door. It opened and Rogue stood, her chest rising and falling as she breathed deeply...not out of necessity, but out of instinct to sort out the world through a different sense that not many of their kind used often enough.
The recognized scent of Alexz made her somewhat more calm, easing the fact that she'd found someone she cared about. Rogue's eyes were wild as she looked Alexz over making sure no permanent injury had taken its toll. As Alexz searched Rogue's eyes, Rogue did the same... and then Alexz spoke her name.
Kaei raked at the back of her mind. Rogue's eyes fluttered shut and a palm went to her temple. Rogue growled and stepped back slightly, her eyes shut. Then, as quickly as it had happened, Rogue's eyes locked onto Alexz's and Rogue whispered so softly that human ears wouldn't be able to hear..."Help...me..."
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Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2013 6:13 am
Without bothering with subtlety, Veroen appeared behind Alexz in a quiet flash of Void energy, just in time to hear Rogue whisper two words. The Void Elder towered above the other two Elders, though his size did little to hide the effects of the Founder's attack. Upon first glance, many deep cuts, bruises, burns and bullet wounds could be seen in various places on his body. His leather jacket was torn everywhere, and one of the sleeves had been completely ripped off during the collapse of the building. His leather armor that he wore underneath was tattered and bloody, and his leggings had rips and holes in them. Where his skin was showing, a handful of gaping bullet holes smoked and sizzled, as his body reacted to the UV Ammunition. It was clear that the Void Elder had gotten the majority of the impact from the attack. Regardless, his facial expression betrayed no hint of pain.
He moved his gaze to Rogue, and saw that she was not herself. "Kaei..." he muttered, calling her by her real name for the first time that he could remember. He could feel the liquid UV coursing through his system, but he didn't really care. He instead focused on Rogue, sensing her Sanguinarian part in control. Her elongated nails and fangs only confirmed this observation. He couldn't recall ever seeing her like this. She was also covered in blood, though it smelled of human blood, not her own. The realization was a relief, but his expressionless demeanor never wavered.
He stared at her for a few long moments, before glancing at Alexz. She looked to be in better shape than the two of them, though she had clearly just gotten done showering. It was then that he realized that he was in Alexz's chamber. The slow realization of his surroundings was an indicator that the UV liquid had reached his main arteries. He grunted quietly at the realization, now noticing his vision beginning to get blurry. The pain was also worsening, though he did well to hide and ignore it.
He turned away from the two, trusting that Alexz would be able to calm Kaei down, and without a word, began to slowly walk towards a chair he saw in the corner. He began to focus on pushing the bullets out of his body as he continued forward, stumbling slightly. The sounds of his boots scraping the floor tainted the silence, along with the occasional cling of a bullet or piece of shrapnel falling to the floor.
As he approached the chair, the UV Liquid's effect on his motor skills increased, and he stopped for a moment, standing like a man who might have consumed more alcohol than he could handle. He silently turned his head to the side, to get a look at the two of them from his peripherals for a moment. Veroen then muttered something incoherent, and collapsed forward where he stood, knocking over the chair next to him with a series of tumbling sounds. He laid on his side, and cursed under his breath, before losing consciousness.
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Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2013 12:57 am
As Kaei struggled to gain control, uttering a whispered heartbreaking plea, the atmosphere of the room changed abruptly, catching the very tense Alexz off guard. Seeing the threatening shadow of a looming figure alarmed her, but she identified the bloody and tattered figure as Veroen before giving in to her impulse to attack. Temporarily distracted by the new arrival, her brows furrowed deeply as her eyes assessed his plethora of injuries. He had clearly suffered far greater physical injuries and Rogue had clearly suffered far greater psychological injuries than herself. Though she occasionally felt the burning of the small amounts of UV in her system, it was nothing compared to Veroen's physical anguish; and though she felt distressed by Kensington and everything with the Founder, it was nothing compared to Rogue's mental discord. It pained her to see Rogue and Veroen in their battered and bloody states and she suddenly felt incredibly guilty and responsible for their well-being. Her distress prevented her from maintaining her usually calm and cool expression as her eyes darted between the two of them.
Choosing to take immediate action, she took a deep breath and turned to Rogue, her hand closing the space between them and firmly placing itself on her shoulder. Though Rogue was far taller than her, she maintained eye contact in order to better assist her mind in locating the Kaei which was lost in the turmoil that was the Sanguinarian's mind. However, their mental connection was broken by Veroen's incoherent mumbling and the subsequent crashing of furniture behind her. She turned in alarm to find Veroen sprawled out on the floor, completely unconscious.
"s**t..." Alexz muttered under her breath.
It was very overwhelming to witness two of the strongest individuals she had come to know in her immortal life be reduced to nothing. She suddenly felt helpless, but it always fell on her to be the one to pick up the pieces. Though it was known to happen in the past, it was rare that the situation was reversed as she was always the one acting as the guardian or the healer. It was for this reason that her immediate reaction was to rush to Vereon's side.
"Veroen..." she said gently, turning him over and pulling him up as much as she could to cradle him in her lap.
Being so close to him made the severity of his injuries all the more frightening and for a moment she was at a complete loss. Her immediate impulse was to remove as much of the UV from his body as possible and though he was unconscious, she went about doing so in the quickest way she knew. Her fangs elongated before gently piercing the flesh of his neck, flooding her mouth with his poisoned blood. Her eyes clenched shut as she used her telekinetic abilities to draw out concentrated amounts of UV liquid to prevent an excessive loss of blood and save time. Despite her best efforts to turn away and spit as much of the poisonous substance as possible out of her mouth before it had a chance to sit, the burning was excruciating. Every muscle in her body tensed, fighting against her choice to siphon out the poison in this manner, but she would not relent. When it seemed like Alexz could no longer endure the task, she pulled away gasping, her lungs pulling in large volumes of air in an attempt to ease the burning. The back of her hand moved up to cover her face and hide her pained expression.
"Rogue..." she croaked in a raspy and hoarse growl before continuing mentally, "If you're in there, I'm begging you, come back. Bring him to the bed, please."
Had he not been resting in her lap, she would be doubled over in pain, but her protective and nurturing instinct was stronger. She maintained as much of her composure as possible, though the muscles all throughout her body continued to tense and she fought back the urge to whimper.
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Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2013 10:25 am
Rogue's teeth were bared as the shadowed figure appeared, and upon hearing the name, Kaei, a growl came to her throat. Her eyes flashing a threat towards Veroen. Her feral self recognized him then as family, but he looked to be in bad shape as he started to stumble back.
It was then she felt Alexz's hand on her shoulder. Her eyes darted back to Alexz's, the growling stopping as their eyes were locked in for a moment. Her pupils dilated and she felt the connection between her and Alexz...Kaei tried to reach forward in her mind to pull herself to the forefront, and the beast was almost completely still...
And then Veroen collapsed on the floor.
Their connection was broken quickly, and a pain seared in her mind. Her hands went to her temples and a feral roar came from her lips, eyes wide open, Kaei had almost taken control...but the collapsing jaws of the Sanguinarian beast within had cut her off.
The beast recollected and looked at Alexz, now trying to suck the UV from Veroen's system. Though somewhere deep inside she cared for these two individuals, the smell of Veroen's blood was making her ache. The smell of seared and burning, however...of poisoned flesh, kept her from attacking outright.
She looked at Alexz...seeing the pain she was making herself susceptible to by trying to suck out the UV in his blood.
Help her. Listen to Alexz, especially if you won't listen to me. Kaei pleaded with her inner monster.
Rogue took a deep breath. She wanted the death of the Founder...but if she didn't help now, her family could die. The Sanguinarian let go the reins of control to Kaei, for it was better for her family's survival as well as her own for Kaei to be in control. In a swift moment, Rogue lifted Veroen gently from Alexz and set him on the bed. Her fangs slowly retracted and her nails went back to a more normal state that everyone was used to.
Rogue had fed on far too many people on the way here, and any sustained wounds she had had were gone. She moved to Alexz and split a vein in her wrist. She was coursing with fresh blood from her many recent kills. Alexz was underfed as it was but it would slow in her healing process.
"Take what you need and focus...push out the UV you've absorbed from V."
She mentally reached out to someone in the medical infirmary. 'Bring an IV and a few bloodbags to Ms. Greene's quarters, now.'
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Posted: Wed Apr 17, 2013 10:42 pm
As she sat, fighting the impulse to writhe in pain, she feared that Kaei had lost the incredibly difficult battle she had been battling with her inner beast for centuries. As her appearance transformed and she came to her aid, however, Alexz saw that it wasn't so and she was incredibly relieved.
"T-thank yo-ou," she said between breaths, her speech interrupted by the rapid tensing of the muscles in her abdomen.
She shut her eyes and suppressed a groan as her already weakened body fought against the UV which she had inadvertently absorbed from Veroen's blood. Placing her hands on the floor to steady herself, she attempted to regulate her breath and refocus her mind, but the UV had already begun to take its toll. From the depths of her clouded and scrambled mind came an impulse to make the pain end by allowing the thickening fog in her mind make her lose consciousness. Had it not been for Rogue's blood offering, her body's survival instinct would have taken over and she would have surrendered just as Veroen had. Thankfully though, the scent of her blood sparked a brief moment of clarity and focus long enough for her to catch hold of the life line and bring her mouth to Rogue's wrist. A feeling of dizziness overcame her with the surge of fresh blood, causing her to clutch Rogue's arm for support and clench her eyes shut. Each gulp of fresh blood began to dilute the UV in her system, heal the burns on her body, and clear her mind of the fog; the physical effects of Rogue's blood were intoxicating and she lost herself, hearing only the steady pounding of Rogue's pulse in her ears. Had it not been for the entrance of the Infirmary Personnel, she would not have stopped feeding. As they pulled her away from Rogue and placed her on her couch, piercing the flesh of her forearm with an IV, she panicked, momentarily forgetting her place. Once the fresh blood began pumping directly into her veins, however, it was if she was sedated. Alexz's head lolled back, her breathing slowing and her eyes glazing over as her body healed at an excessively slow rate.
"It will take her longer than usual to heal, give her a few moments," one of he Personnel said before directing the others to clean the puddle of UV and blood which had pooled in the center of the room.
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Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 1:49 pm
Rogue pointed to Veroen while looking at the personnel simply asking them to attend to him. He, too, needed blood, and they began to hook up a blood IV to his arm.
In the past years, she had left New York on many occasion in attempts to quell the beast lurking within her. The blood rage took hold far too strongly, and when it would seem almost unbearable, she would take a vacation...spend time hunting and letting go a small bit of the reigns. But she had slaughtered many on her last few excursions and had to cover her tracks. The last few years of more severely battling the void had unnerved her and had caused her normal balance of inner turmoil to become unbalanced and unpredictable.
She looked down at her arm, already healed from where she had given Alexz blood. Her hands and arms were covered in blood. The black shirt she wore was slashed and torn. She had been shot a few times with UV and a few silver bullets, but had quickly healed completely after all the deaths, both in Custodiae and humans on her way back to the Coven.
Rogue flexed her hands slowly watching the nails elongate and then retract. Rogue's insides were completely frazzled. The Sanguinarian had quieted for now, but she always was left to deal with the aftermath. Her eyes wandered over to Alexz. Rogue was almost embarrassed for the display of..such a lack of...control. She stood slowly and walked over to her, placing a hand to Alexz's forehead gently. She leaned down and kissed her forehead, and then walked to Veroen, doing the same.
Lepo cpavaj, cestra, brat.
She wished them to rest well in her native tongue.
She needed to feed again.
That mere fact scared her after so much bloodshed already...but it was the root of her sanity at this point. And she would need to send clean up crews to her wretched blood trail throughout the city.
She walked out to try and collect her thoughts.
Rogue made her way to her own room and showered, and then headed to Las Noches.
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Posted: Tue Aug 27, 2013 8:25 pm
Dark dreams of maddening memories flowed through the Void Elder's mind as he lay unconscious for an unknown amount of days. The IV's helped cure him of the reaction to the liquid UV that coursed through his veins, along with Alexz's efforts to drain him of the deadly liquid, thugh they did little to quell the poison in his mind that was the Void.
Suddenly, he awoke.
The events in his mind leading up to the awakening were utterly horrific, and his reaction to waking up reflected it. A deep hoarse roar bellowed from his throat as he threw his body up out of instinct to the long period of unconsciousness. His body looked like Veroen, though his mind was nearly consumed with the Void's presence. As he lurched up, his eyes were completely black with silver irises, and his veins all around his body were bulging, and dark, as if the void filled his very veins. Without even looking around, he tapped into the massive excess of Void power, and in a flash of its malevolent energy, he disappeared.
((Exit: City))
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